Maybe its just me but I found this short article by someone you'll recognize when
you see his name at the bottom, a very apt and on target description of a simpler
and easier time. Having lived at the "end" of a dirt road for several
years while I lived on the desert, I can testify to the simplicity of the
life there. I frequently protested to my parents that we lived in the boonies
but looking back, they probably knew some things about life that I hadn't
yet learned. Read it, maybe you'll agree!!!

Dirt Roads

What's mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved.

There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education,
divorce, delinquency, that wouldn't be remedied if we just had more Dirt Roads,
because Dirt Roads give character.

People that live at the end of
Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride. That it can jar you right
down to your teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the end is home...a loving
spouse, happy kids and a dog.

We wouldn't have near the trouble
with our educational system if our kids got their exercise walking a Dirt Road
with other kids, from whom they learn how to get along.

There was
less crime in our streets before they were paved. Criminals didn't walk two dusty
miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by 5 barking dogs and
a double barrel shotgun. And there were no drive by shootings, either.

Our
values were better when our roads were worse. People did not worship their
cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they didn't
tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy in front would choke you with dust and
bust your windshield with rocks.

Dirt Roads taught patience.

Dirt
Roads were environmentally friendly, you didn't hop in your car for
a quart of milk you walked to the barn for your milk. For your mail, you walked
to the mail box.

What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed out?

That was the best part, then you stayed home and had some family
time, roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn and pony rides on Daddy's shoulders
and you learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody.

At the end of Dirt Roads, you soon learned that bad words tasted like soap.

Most
paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more likely lead to a fishing
creek or a swimming hole.

At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time
we even locked our car was in August, because if we didn't some neighbor would
fill it with too much zucchini.

At the end of a Dirt Road, there
was always extra springtime income, from when city dudes would get stuck, you'd
have to hitch up a team and pull them out. Usually you got a dollar ... always
you got a new friend ... at the end of a Dirt Road.